Archive By Section - Olympics
LONDON (AP) - Mel Rippon slotted home the last penalty of a shootout to give Australia a dramatic 20-18 win over China on Sunday for a spot in the women's Olympic water polo semifinals, where fellow gold-medal favorite the United States awaits.
August 05, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps found old habits are hard to break.
August 05, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - Destinee Hooker scored 19 points and the U.S. women's volleyball team clinched the top spot in its pool with a preliminary-round victory over Serbia in straight sets on Friday at the Olympics.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - Kobe Bryant was at Wimbledon on Friday, taking in the epic semifinal match between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro and signing autographs between games. His day off was unscheduled, but there was really no need for the U.S. basketball team to practice when that's about all they did the night before against Nigeria.
August 03, 2012
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NEWCASTLE, England (AP) - These were supposed to be the Hope Solo Olympics for the U.S. women's football team. Or the Alex Morgan Games. Instead, they belong so far to the old reliable, Abby Wambach, who has scored in every match to lead the Americans into the semifinals.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - Defending beach volleyball gold medalist Phil Dalhausser saw the Italian points pile up on the scoreboard and knew his hopes for a repeat were over when Todd Rogers' final Olympic touch fell short of the net.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - United States weightlifter Kendrick Farris gave his performance a seven on a scale of one to 10.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - Well, that sure was fast.
August 03, 2012
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Roger Federer leaned on the net, exhausted but exhilarated after winning the final set 19-17 to earn his first Olympic singles medal.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - A few hours after the U.S. men's boxing team thought its London Olympics were over, amateur boxing's governing body decided Errol Spence deserved to fight on.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - When the final seconds ticked off, leaving zeros on the clock, the three digits on the left side of the scoreboard seemed absurd, impossible.
August 03, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - Captain Clay Stanley scored 19 points as the U.S. men's volleyball team beat Brazil 3-1 on Thursday at the London Olympics, in a repeat of the Beijing Games final the Americans also won.
August 02, 2012
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - When Guor Marial was 8, he sprinted through the darkness with the hope of escaping child slavery at a labor camp in Sudan.
August 02, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - Just 14, Gabby Douglas pleaded with her mother to let her move cross country, certain a new coach could help her get to the Olympics.
August 02, 2012
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LONDON (AP) - The Americans wound up in opposite sides of the beach volleyball playoff brackets in a draw completed Thursday night - meaning the U.S. teams wouldn't meet until the gold-medal game.
August 02, 2012
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